D-CAT: A distributed channel allocation strategy based on a threshold scheme for cellular mobile networks

Abstract

We propose a distributed channel allocation algorithm based on a threshold scheme, called D-CAT, for cellular mobile networks. The D-CAT algorithm employs two thresholds: (i) a heavy threshold used for determining whether a cell is heavy, i.e., overloaded, and for triggering the channel allocation algorithm; and (ii) a target threshold used for indicating… (More)